{"id":92662,"date":"2024-06-26T11:40:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92662\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-target-exiled-journalists-online-dissent","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92662\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals target exiled journalists, online dissent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on June 25 as the Committee for State Security (KGB) branded <em>Media IQ<\/em> and <em>Obychnoye Utro<\/em> media projects extremist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other additions to the extremist register featured the Ukraine-based NGO Biloru\u015b 2.0 Robimo Razam and the Li\u0107viny military-patriotic club, founded two years ago in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB also listed 27 people as involved in extremist activities, the interior ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested a Brest man for commenting on the public display of pro-Russian symbols, a pro-government source said. He reportedly criticized a woman who carried a flag with the letter Z that symbolizes Russian aggression in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A student, whose name and current whereabouts were not disclosed, was arrested for posting comments critical of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, officials and state symbols, according to another pro-government source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian human rights groups declared Andrej Juchnievi\u010d, rector of the church of Our Lady of F\u00e1tima in \u0160umilina, Viciebsk region, a political prisoner, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juchnievi\u010d remains behind bars after being convicted of several minor offenses, including in connection with a social media post containing the Ukrainian flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of June 26, human rights defenders identified at least 1,422 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented. Opposition sources estimate the number of political prisoners at around 5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mediaIQ_1128_20240625.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk designates media projects as &quot;extremist groups&quot;<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 25, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) on June 18 designated an NGO, a military-patriotic club and two media projects as &quot;extremist groups.&quot; The designations were announced on the interior ministry&#039;s website today. They are the Ukraine-based NGO &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/92601\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 26, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on June 25 as the Committee for State Security (KGB) branded Media IQ and Obychnoye Utro media projects extremist groups. Other additions to the extremist register featured the Ukraine-based NGO Biloru\u015b 2.0 Robimo Razam and the Li\u0107viny military-patriotic club, founded two years ago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-92662","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reprisals target exiled journalists, online dissent | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 26, Pozirk. 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